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bottom line

German translation: Messlatte

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English term or phrase:bottom line
German translation:Messlatte
Entered by: Birgit Wahl-Peters

08:18 Nov 12, 2001
English to German translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: bottom line
Companies aiming for sustainability need to simultaneously perform not against a single, financial bottom line but against a triple bottom line sometimes referred simply to as “People, Planet, Profit”
Birgit Wahl
Grundprinzipien
Explanation:
I agree with Ralf: Messlatte is a great metapher. Just giving you another option:
..müssen sich nicht nur an ein einziges Grundprinzip, nämlich die finanzielle Rentabilität halten, sondern daneben noch drei weitere Variablen beachten:
(you did not ask for those, did you???)
die Menschen, die Erde und den Gewinn
(if you want to go overboard: die Gesellschaft, die Grünen, das Geld- but the triple P is frequently left untranslated)
Selected response from:

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 01:18
Grading comment
Thanks a lot. That's exactly what I needed.
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Summary of answers provided
4Messlatte
Ralf Lemster
4Endergebnis / Endgewinn
4Grundprinzipien
Johanna Timm, PhD
4mit dreierlei Maß messen
Peppone


  

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Messlatte


Explanation:
...sondern müssen sich gleich an drei verschiedenen Messlatten messen lassen...

HTH

Ralf Lemster
Germany
Local time: 10:18
Native speaker of: German
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Endergebnis / Endgewinn


Explanation:
Hallo Birgit,

Im Finanzkontext heißt Bottom Line eigentlich immer Endergebnis bzw. Endgewinn (oder Endverlust). In Deinem Fall würde ich Endergebnis verwenden.

Viele Grüße
Claudia


Native speaker of:

8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Grundprinzipien


Explanation:
I agree with Ralf: Messlatte is a great metapher. Just giving you another option:
..müssen sich nicht nur an ein einziges Grundprinzip, nämlich die finanzielle Rentabilität halten, sondern daneben noch drei weitere Variablen beachten:
(you did not ask for those, did you???)
die Menschen, die Erde und den Gewinn
(if you want to go overboard: die Gesellschaft, die Grünen, das Geld- but the triple P is frequently left untranslated)

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 01:18
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 86
Grading comment
Thanks a lot. That's exactly what I needed.
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mit dreierlei Maß messen


Explanation:
unterschiedliche Maßstäbe anlegen

Peppone
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